When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown